A total of six (6) associations covering 167 families received a total amount of Php 1,210,000 livelihood assistance through the Support Service Intervention (SSI) of the Modified Conditional Cash Transfer in a turn-over activity held at Sta.Barbara Health Center, Zamboanga City on February 10. The beneficiaries are Indigenous People covered by the said program under continue reading : IP beneficiaries get livelihood aid through DSWD
Will the POOR always be with us?
We have seen the many faces of poverty, for sure. We have felt it in so many ways –in education, in employment and even when we purchase goods at the grocery. It becomes as if it’s a cycle passed on from one generation to another. Advocacies on poverty alleviation sprout like mushrooms everywhere. Companies build continue reading : Will the POOR always be with us?
WMSU holds summit for ESGP-PA grantees
Being one of the five State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) that are currently implementing ESGP-PA in Region IX, Western Mindanao State University conducted a 3-day summit for grantees held in Cecille’s Catering, Tumaga, Zamboanga City on January 29-31, 2016. Some 217 ESGP-PA grantees had the chance to join the summit after the successful conduct of its continue reading : WMSU holds summit for ESGP-PA grantees
DSWD gears up from steerer to leader builder
In the Regional Management Development Conference called by the department’s new Field Office IX Regional Director, Atty. Araceli F. Solamillo on Feruary 3-4, it was emphasized that the department mandates its workforce to be the leader builder as presented by the agency’s executive committee members during the national conference. This initiative forms part of the continue reading : DSWD gears up from steerer to leader builder
DSWD IX reaps national award
In celebration of its 65th Anniversary, the Department of Social Welfare and Development recognized DSWD Field Office IX’s Municipal Action Team of Tigbao from Zamboanga Del Sur for its Best Convergence Initiative on Case Management-Group Intervention Planning. The recognition was awarded during the Praise and Loyalty awards held last January 27, 2016 in DSWD Central continue reading : DSWD IX reaps national award
Validation of list of poor concluded
January 29, 2016 – After months of receiving complaints, validating and verifying the initial list of poor that was released by the Listahanan project, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has concluded the validation activity aimed at securing that the database of poor households in the country will be as accurate and as continue reading : Validation of list of poor concluded
DSWD denies involvement of Zambo evacuees in alleged prostitution in transitory sites
Following the report of a TV news network that prostitution is rampant in one of the transitory sites for evacuees of the Zamboanga siege, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) clarified that there were reported cases in 2014 and in November 2015 but these did not involve women or minor-evacuees now residing at continue reading : DSWD denies involvement of Zambo evacuees in alleged prostitution in transitory sites
Reported prostitution in transitory site is an old case –DSWD
The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office IX negates that there are cases of prostitution among minor IDPs in one of the transitory sites. Mampang 1 Transitory Site Camp Manager Juila Jailani clarified that there’s no such case among minor IDPs in the said recovery shelter. “Yung case ng prostitution nung 2014 pa continue reading : Reported prostitution in transitory site is an old case –DSWD
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